Perplexity

Authentication

When you're setting up your first workflow with Perplexity, you'll need to create a Solar API Key.

To create an API Key, go to this url: https://www.perplexity.ai/account/api/keys. Once there, click on the Create key button and name your key MESA.

Then, copy the API key. Paste the copied values into MESA's Perplexity API Key field.

Lastly, click the Add connection button and you're all set! MESA is now connected with Perplexity.

Configure

Following Perplexity's Usage Policies

Please ensure that you follow Perplexity's Usage Policies when using MESA's Perplexity integration: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/aup

ShopPad's Recommendation

We recommend using Perplexity's playground when testing with MESA's Create Chat Completion action. This allows you to try different models and prompts and will estimate the token cost for each automation.

As Perplexity is not our product, we would like to note that we are not responsible for its output. We recommend visiting the Perplexity website and attempting to replicate your preferred prompt using the Perplexity UI to verify that it meets your expectations before trying to automate it with MESA.

How Perplexity Uses Your Data

The Perplexity app makes API calls to Perplexity. Only the variables explicitly configured in the MESA builder will be shared with Perplexity. MESA does not store any of this information beyond your data retention date. Perplexity does not use data submitted to and generated by their API to train Perplexity models or improve Perplexity's service offering.

To opt out of any data sharing with AI models, simply do not use the Perplexity step in any of your workflows.

Learn more about how and when Perplexity uses data to train their models. Read MESA's Data Processing Agreement.

Technical Notes

• Each model has its different capabilities and price points. You can review Perplexity's pricing here. If you do not wish to incur additional Perplexity costs, you can use the AI tool as an alternative. Please note that the AI tool is a premium app which is double the fun and double the automation.

• When using Perplexity, please note that you will incur additional costs from Perplexity, which depends on how often MESA interacts with Perplexity in a single automation run.